Ngwenya Mine
The Ngwenya Mine is located on Bomvu Ridge, northwest of Mbabane and near the northwestern border of Eswatini. This mine is considered to be the world's oldest.Photo: Heather Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ngwenya Mine
- Type: Quarry
- Description: ancient mine in southern Africa
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Eswatini, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.20009° or 26° 12′ 0″ southLongitude
31.0293° or 31° 1′ 46″ eastOpen location code
5G5HQ2XH+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 166824527OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q2558479
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“Ngwenya Mine” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “নেগোওয়েনিয়া খনি”
- Chinese: “恩圭尼亞礦場”
- Dutch: “Ngwenya Mine”
- French: “mine de Ngwenya”
- French: “Mine de Ngwenya”
- French: “mine Ngwenya”
- German: “Ngwenya Mine”
- Italian: “Miniera di Ngwenya”
- Japanese: “ヌグウェニャ鉱山”
- Polish: “Kopalnie Ngwenya”
- Russian: “Рудник Нгвеня”
- Spanish: “Minas de Ngwenya”
- Swedish: “Ngwenyagruvan”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lion Cave and Ngwenya Glass.
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